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The number one thing visitors should realize is that Crooked Tree is for practical purposes an island in a lake in the middle of nowhere. The "downtown" area of the Village consists of a small handful of buildings, one of which is a convenience/grocery store. No ATM that I could see (or Google would reveal). A very few small restaurants are scattered around the area. For birders, it's absolutely one of the best locations in the world & well worth traveling to (45 exotic species by water one morning, 38 by land the next). But there aren't any beaches, shops, or other sorts of traditional tourist attractions there. I stayed at a lovely house with a full kitchen, so I made chicken with rice & beans for dinner, which I bought at the village store. Bird's Eye View Lodge looks like a very nice eco-lodge to stay in; it's right on the Lagoon, has a pool, rents canoes & kayaks, & offers birding trips by land & boat. I did my birding trips with them, though I stayed at the private home.

Crooked Tree is very small with rather rutted dirt roads but that is part of its charm. We loved eating at Carries Cafe which is only open Wed. -Sun and consists of a kitchen located in a garage with one table. The food was great. It is lovely to walk around and see all of the birds and farm life. We really enjoyed it here.

Birdwatching is nice at the lagoon but overall, we were a bit disappointed. Crooked Tree is supposed to be one of the hotspots for bird watchers, we saw a greater variety of birds in all the other places we stayed in Belize. We found Crooked Tree a bit depressing. There are no shops, no restaurants, only dirt roads and other than the lagoon, nothing to see or do. It's not a beautiful place. It's not worth staying more than two days.